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In early March 2026, Dubai authorities officially ordered one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, KuCoin, to cease all unlicensed operations within the Emirate. The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) of Dubai issued a formal market alert stating that KuCoin does not hold a...

In late February 2026, the unthinkable happened: Dubai — long hailed as the Middle East’s ultimate financial sanctuary — came under direct missile and drone attack. What followed wasn’t just a security crisis, but a full-blown collapse of investor confidence in one of the world’s most...

On March 13, the U.S.-based digital payments company Ripple announced that it has received a license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to offer regulated crypto payments and services in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC). The DIFC is a free-economic zone in the...